Auditory Grouping Mechanisms | TOGE Ex. 1

Jan 31

Example 1. Auditory grouping gives rise to events from which perceptual properties are extracted, which then acquire musical functions within a given sonic context

All Examples

Examples

Auditory Grouping Mechanisms | TOGE Ex. 1

Auditory grouping gives rise to events from which perceptual properties are extracted, which then acquire musical functions within a given sonic context

Grouping Processes | TOGE Ex. 2

Auditory grouping processes and the resulting perceptual qualities and corresponding orchestral effects. [Adapted from Goodchild and McAdams 2021, Fig. 1]

Concurrent Grouping | TOGE Ex. 3

Taxonomy of concurrent auditory grouping phenomena

Debussy | La Mer | TOGE Ex. 4

Timbral augmentation (sustained, stable): Debussy, La Mer, i, mm. 122–31

Wagner | Parsifal | TOGE Ex. 5

Timbral augmentation (sustained, transforming): Overture, mm. 20–25. Timestamp: 2:03

Sibelius | Symphony no. 5 | TOGE Ex. 6

Timbral augmentation (punctuated): Sibelius, Symphony no. 5, op. 82, iii, mm. 474–482

Debussy | La Mer | TOGE Ex. 7

Timbral emergence (sustained, stable): Debussy, La Mer, i, mm. 6–17

Schoenberg | Five Pieces for Orchestra | TOGE Ex. 8

Timbral emergence (sustained, transforming): Schoenberg, Five Pieces for Orchestra op. 16, iii, mm. 1–11

Haydn| Symphony No. 100 | TOGE Ex. 27

Sectional boundaries: Dolan’s (2013b) orchestral graph of Haydn, Symphony no. 100, ii. Colors represent different instruments and the line thickness corresponds to notated dynamics.

TOGEScore and AudioExample1Auditory GroupingPerceptual PropertiesMusical FunctionMTO

Stephen McAdams et al

Auditory Grouping Mechanisms | TOGE Ex. 1

All Examples

Mendelssohn | Les Hébrides | Ex. 24

Grouping Processes | TOGE Ex. 2